公共英語(yǔ)試題集

《英語(yǔ)》考試大綱

I.考試性質(zhì)與目的

普通高等學(xué)校本科插班生招生考試是由?？飘厴I(yè)生參加的選拔性考試。高等學(xué)校根

據(jù)考生的成績(jī)，按已確定的招生計(jì)劃，德、智、體全面衡量，擇優(yōu)錄取。因此，本科插

班生考試應(yīng)有較高的信度、效度、必要的區(qū)分度和適當(dāng)?shù)碾y度。

《英語(yǔ)》是所有報(bào)考本科插班生非英語(yǔ)專業(yè)考生的必考科目。

II.考試形式及試卷結(jié)構(gòu)

一、考試形式

閉卷、筆試，考試時(shí)間為120分鐘，試卷滿分為100分。

二、試卷結(jié)構(gòu)

試卷包括客觀性試題和主觀性試題。客觀性試題主要測(cè)試考生對(duì)英語(yǔ)詞匯、英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)

法知識(shí)的掌握以及英語(yǔ)閱讀能力，包括詞匯與語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)、完型填空、閱讀理解等三個(gè)部

分；主觀性試題主要測(cè)試考生的英語(yǔ)寫作能力。

1.試卷題型結(jié)構(gòu)

試題內(nèi)容題量賦分

客觀性試題第一部分詞匯與語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)3535

第二部分完型填空2010

第三部分閱讀理解2040

主觀性試題第四部分寫作115

76100

2.題型考查要求

第一部分詞匯與語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)（VocabularyandStructure）（35%）

本部分共35小題，每小題1分。主要測(cè)試考生對(duì)英語(yǔ)詞匯與語(yǔ)法知識(shí)的掌握情況。

要求考生掌握3800個(gè)左右的詞匯及相關(guān)詞組（具體見《普通高等專科英語(yǔ)課程教學(xué)基本

要求》，附表一：詞匯表）；掌握基本的語(yǔ)法項(xiàng)目（具體見《普通高等?？朴⒄Z(yǔ)課程教學(xué)

基本要求》附表二：語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)表）。

第二部分閱讀理解（ReadingComprehension）（40%）

本部分共20小題，每小題2分。主要測(cè)試考生從書面文字材料中獲取信息的能力。

要求考生根據(jù)所提供的4—5篇短文的內(nèi)容（總詞數(shù)不少于1000）,從每小題所給的4個(gè)選

項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。該部分的要求包括：（1）根據(jù)上下文猜測(cè)某個(gè)詞或詞組的具體含義;

（2）對(duì)文中某句話的釋義或言外之意的理解；（3）尋找文中重要具體信息；（4）概括短文

的中心思想、話題或合適的標(biāo)題；（5）判斷作者的態(tài)度、觀點(diǎn)或?qū)懽髂康?；?）根據(jù)短文

的內(nèi)容作出推論。

第三部分完型填空（cloze）（10%）

本部分共20小題，每小題0.5分。主要測(cè)試考生理解短文并運(yùn)用英語(yǔ)的能力。

在一篇短文中留出20個(gè)空缺，要求考生閱讀短文后，從每題所給的4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出

最佳選項(xiàng)，補(bǔ)全短文，使其結(jié)構(gòu)完整、前后連貫、意思通順。

第四部分寫作(Writing)(15%)

該部分主要考查考生英語(yǔ)應(yīng)用文的寫作能力。常見的應(yīng)用文種類有信函、簡(jiǎn)歷、申

請(qǐng)書、通知、告示、請(qǐng)假條等。

要求考生根據(jù)所給的題示，用英語(yǔ)寫一篇100個(gè)單詞左右的短文，滿分15分。

III.參考書目

全國(guó)高職高專英語(yǔ)教材：

①《新編實(shí)用英語(yǔ)教程》(一、二、三冊(cè))，北京：高等教育出版社。

②《新視野英語(yǔ)教程》(一、二、三冊(cè))，北京：外語(yǔ)教學(xué)與研究出版社。

IV.題型示例

PartIVocabularyandStructure(35%)

Directions:Eachofthefollowingsentencesisprovidedwithfourchoices.Choose

theonethatbestcompletesthesentence.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletters

ontheAnswerSheet.

(1)Thediseasehismindsothathelosthismemory.

A.effectedB.impressed

C.affectedD.hurt

【答案】：C

(2)bylongandhardpracticecanyouhopetobecomeagoodpianist.

A.OnlyBoUnless

C.IfdoingD.While

【答案】：A

PartIIReadingComprehension(40%)

Directions:Inthissectiontherearefourpassages.Eachoneisfollowedby

fivequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Beneatheachquestionorunfinished

statement,therearefoursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosethe

bestanswerandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

“SesameStreet”(芝麻街)hasbeencalled“thelongeststreetintheworld”.

Thatisbecausethetelevisionprogrambythatnamecannowbeseeninsomany

partsoftheworld.ThatProgrambecameoneofAmerica，sexportssoonafterit

wentontheairinNewYorkin1969.

IntheUnitedStatesmorethansixmillionchildrenwatchtheprogram

regularly.Theviewersincludemorethanhalfofthenation'spre-schoolchildren.

Althoughsomeeducatorsobjecttocertainelementsintheprogram,parentspraise

ithighly.Manyteachersalsoconsideritagreathelp,thoughsometeachers

findthatproblemsarisewhenfirstgraderswhohavelearnedfromuSesameStreet

areinthesameclasswithchildrenwhohavenotwatchedtheprogram.

Theprogramusessongs,stories,jokesandpicturestogivechildrenabasic

understandingofnumbers,lettersandhumanrelationships.Testshaveshown

thatchildrenhavebenefitedfromwatching"SesameStreet”.Thosewhowatchfive

timesaweeklearnmorethantheoccasionalviewer.IntheUnitedStatesthe

programisshownatdifferenttimesduringtheweekinordertoincreasethe

numberofchildrenwhocanwatchitregularly.

Whyhas“SesameStreet“beensomuchmoresuccessfulthanotherchildren，s

shows?Manyreasonshavebeensuggested.Peoplementiontheeducationaltheories

ofitscreators,thesupportbythegovernmentandprivatebusinesses,andthe

skillfuluseofavarietyofTVtricks.Perhapsanequallyimportantreasonis

thatmotherswatch"SesameStreet"alongwiththeirchildren.Thisispartly

becausefamousadultstarsoftenappearon,,SesameStreet”.Butthebestreason

forthesuccessoftheprogrammaybethatitmakeseverychildwatchingitfeel

abletolearn.Thechildfindshimselflearning,andhewantstolearnmore.

(1)By“SesameStreetnbeingcalledas“thelongeststreetintheworld”,

theauthormeansthat.

A.theprogram"hasbeenshowneversince1969

B.theprogramismadeinthelongeststreetinNewYork

C.theprogramisnowbeingwatchedinmostpartsoftheworld

D.theprogrambecameoneofAmerica，smajorexportssoonafteritappearedon

TV

【答案】：C

(2)Thesentenceusomeeducatorsobjecttocertainelementsintheprogram”

(Para.2)couldbestbeunderstoodas.

A.someeducatorsarecriticaloftheprogram

B.someeducatorsthinkitfitforchildrenineveryrespect

C.theprogramtakesthechildrentoomuchtimetowatchit

D.theprogramcausesproblemsbetweenchildrenwhohavewatcheditandthose

whohavenot

【答案】：A

(3)Whatkindofmethodsdoestheprogramuse,somanychildrenintheUnited

Stateswatchit?

A.Itusesteststoshowthatitisbeneficialtochildren.

B.Theprogramisshownatfixedtimesduringtheweek.

C.Itisarrangedformostchildrentowatchitfivetimesaweek.

D.Itusessongs,storiesandjokestogivethembasicknowledge.

【答案】：D

(4)Mothersoftenwatchtheprogramalongwiththeirchildrenbecause.

A.theyenjoytheprogramasmuchastheirchildren

B.theyareattractedbysomefamousadultstarsontheshow

C.theycanlearnsomeeducationaltheoriesfromtheprogram

D.theyfindtheirchildrenhavebenefitedfromwatchingtheprogram

【答案】：B

(5Accordingtotheauthor,thereasonforthesuccessoftheprogramisall

thefollowingEXCEPT.

A.Manyteachersconsideritagreathelp

B.Famousadultstarsoftenappearintheprogram

C.Itgetssupportfromthegovernmentandprivatebusinesses

D.Thecreatorshavegoodeducationaltheoriesinmakingtheprogram

PartIIICloze(10%)

Directions:Thereare20blanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreachblankthere

arefourchoices.Choosethebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletteron

theAnswerSheet.

Theworldisprettycomplicatedtoday(1)whatitwasfortyyears

(2)?Andit'sgettingmoresoallthetime.Wehaveto⑶moreandmore

specially(4)people.Weneedthemtosolvethetoughproblemsofscience.

Weneedthemtofindnewwaysto(5)disease,todesignthemachinesof

industryandthe(6)gadgetsofthehome.Andweneedthemmoreandmore

fortheordinarythingsofeverydaylife.

It(7)specialtrainingtobeagoodcarpenter,orplumber,orcar

mechanic.Jobsinelectronics(8)evengreaterskills.We⑼a

radiorepairmanhadtohaveapretty(10)kindoftraining.Butit'seven

toughertobeatelevisionrepairman.

Someofyouare(11)thinkingthat，sallright(⑵

technicalpeople.ButsupposeIwanttobeanartist,adruggistoranurse.

SupposeIwanttogoinbusinessformyself.Whatgoodwillmath(13)me?

Allright,let，ssee.

Manyartiststodayarein(14)iscalledappliedart.Theyuse

their(15)inadvertising,interiordecoration,somesimilarjob.But

peoplein

(16)whohiretheartistsforthatkindofworksaythatsimpleartistic

abilityisnotenough.(17)lotsofyoungpeoplewhohavethat.But

not(⑻ofthemknowanythingaboutphysics,ormechanicalthing,or

math.(19)adruggistyouhavetostudychemistry.Youcan'tlearn

chemistry(20)knowingsomethingaboutalgebra.

(1)A.comparingwithB.comparingto

C.comparedwithD.comparedto

【答案】：c

(2)A.beforeB.agoC.timeD.pass

【答案】：B

(3)A.obtainB.takeC.requireD.have

【答案】：D

(4)A.teachingB.instructingC.scientificD.trained

【答案】：D

(5)A.sufferB.conquerC.dealD.solve

【答案】：B

(6)A.laborsavedB.laborsaver

C.laborsaving;D.laborsave

【答案】：c

(7)A.spendsB.takesC.commandsD.prepares

【答案】：B

(8)A.requireB.acquireC.enquireD.inquire

【答案】：A

(9)A.areusedtothinkB.usedtothink

C.usedtothinkingD.usetothinking

【答案】：B

(10)A.thoroughB.wholeC.entireD.complete

【答案】：D

(11)A.likelyB.probablyC.possibleD.stubbornly

【答案】：B

(12)A.byB.toC.forD.from

【答案】：B

(13)A.forB.toC.towardsD.do

【答案】：D

(14)A.caseB.realityC.factD.what

【答案】：c

(15)A.capacityB.abilityC.possibilityD.personality

【答案】：B

(16)A.businessB.thosec.timeD.difficulty

【答案】：A

(17)A.TheyareB.Itisc.ThereareD.Theirsis

【答案】：C

(18)A.enoughB.mostc.someD.any

【答案】：B

(19)A.LikeB.Tobec.EvenD.Through

【答案】：B

(20)A.inspiteofB.unlessc.withoutD.morethan

【答案】：C

PartIVWriting(15%)

Directions:Writealetteraskingforinformationabouttheentrytoacollege.

The?Chineseisforyourreference.Youshouldwritenolessthan100wordson

theCompositionSheet.

我高中畢業(yè)了，學(xué)習(xí)了九年英語(yǔ)，聽、說(shuō)、讀、寫都不錯(cuò)，對(duì)計(jì)算機(jī)課程很感興趣，希

望到貴校深造計(jì)算機(jī)課程。盼早日回復(fù)。

寫信人：李力

地址：廣州市東風(fēng)東路82號(hào)

寫信時(shí)間：2008年5月16日

82EastDongfengRoad

Guangzhou

May16,2008

DearSir/Madam:

Ihavegraduatedfromhighschool.IhavebeenstudyingEnglishfornine

yearsandhaveagoodcommandofEnglishinlistening,speaking,readingand

writingskills.Iamveryinterestedincomputercoursesandhopetostudythem

inyourcollege.Iwouldappreciateitverymuchifyoucouldsendmethe

informationabouttheentrytoyourcollege.

Lookingforwardtoyourearlyreply.

Yourtruly,

LiLi

1998年廣東省普通高校本科插班生考試

英語(yǔ)試題

Parti.ReadingComprehension(40%)

Passagel

Thecomputerisawonderfulmachine.Itisthemostimportantinventionsincethetype

ofengineusedincars.Todayithasthegreatesteffectonscience,industry,andbusiness,

butitisbeingusedmoreineducationandmedicine.Bytheendofthiscenturyitwi11

touchthelivesofeveryone,evenpeopleindistantvillages.Itisarevolutionary

invention.

TheoldestkindofcomputeristheabacususedinChinasincethesixthcentury.In

theseventeenthcenturyanaddingmachinewasinvented,butthefirstlarge,modern

computationsaresofastthattheyaremeasuredinnanoseconds（毫微秒）

Todaymostcomputershaveamemory.Theyaregettingsmallerandsmaller,andcomputing

fasterandfaster.Eveninalargecomputer,thepartthatdoestheactualcomputingis

aboutthesizeoftheendofafinger.

Computerscandoallkindsofwork.Whensomeonebuyssomethinginadepartmentstore,

informationaboutthesalegoesintoacomputer,ascientistcantalktothecomputerabout

therocks,andthecomputeranswersthequestions.Adoctorcantalktothecomputerand

explainwhatiswrongwithapatient.Ifthedoctoraskswhy,thecomputergoesthrough

itsstoredinformationandexplainsexactlywhy.

Whenearlyhumansbeganfarming,itwasarevolutionarychangeinhumanlife.Itwas

hundredsofthousandsofyearslaterthatpeopledevelopedawritingsystem（方法）.Inless

thanfiftyyearspeoplehavedevelopedcomputersthatcandomostofthethingshumanscan

do.Thiscouldbeafrighteningdevelopment.

1.Thecomputerisconsideredawonderfulmachinebecause.

A.ithaseffectonallaspectsofman'slife

B.itiswidelyusedineducationandmedicine

C.ithasthefunctionofanengine

D.itisusefulevenindistantvillages

2.TheabacushasbeenusedinChinafor_______.

A、some5000yearsB.about600years

C>nearly1000yearsD.over1300years

3.Themostimportantfeatureofacomputeristhat.

A.ithasamemoryB.itissmallinsize

C.itcomputesfastD.itanswersallkindsofquestions

4Thecomputationsofthecomputerareusuallymeasuredin________.

A、secondsminutes

C、hoursD>nanoseconds

5.Thecomputerwillsoonaffect.

A、peopleinlargecitiesB、peopleindevelopedcountries

C、peopleallovertheworldD、peopleintheWesternworld

Passage2

Inthetraditionalmarriage,themanworkedatajobtoearnmoneyforthefamily.Most

menworkedinanoffice,afactory,orsomeotherplaceawayfromthehome.Sincetheman

earnedthemoney,hepaidthebills.Themoneywasusedforfood,clothes,ahouse,and

otherfamilyneeds.Themanmademostofthedecisions.Hewastheboss.

Inthetraditionalmarriage,thewomanseldomworkedawayfromthehouse.Shestayedat

hometocareforthechildrenandherhusband.Shecookedthemeals,cleanedhouse,washed

theclothes,anddidotherhouseholdwork.Herjoyathomewaseveryimportant.

Inrecentyears,manycouplescontinuetohaveatraditionalrelationshipofthis

kind.Themanhasajobandearnsthemoneyforthefamily.Thewomanstaysathomeandcares

forthechildrenandthehouse.ManyAmericansarehappywiththiskindofmarriage.But

someotherAmericanshaveadifferentimpressionofmarriageandfamilyresponsibilities.

Therearetwoimportantdifferencesinmaleandfemalerolesnow.Oneisthatbothmen

andwomenhavemanymorechoices.Theymaychoosetomarryortostaysingle.Theymaychoose

toworkorstayathome.Bothmenandwomenmaychooserolesthatarecomfortableforthem.

Aseconddifferenceinmaleandfemalerolesisthatwithinmarriagemanydecisionsand

responsibilitiesareshared.Thehusbandandwifemaychoosetohavechildren,ortheymay

not.Iftheyhavechildren,themanmaytakecareofthemsomeofthetime,allofthetime,

oratall.Thewomanmaywanttostayathomeandtakecareofthechildren.Orshemay

wanttogotowork.MenandWomennowdecidethesethingstogetherinamarriage.Manymarried

peoplenowsharethesedecisionsandresponsibilitiesoftheirfamilies.

6.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueinthetraditionalmarriage?

A.Menworkedatajobtoearnmoneyforfamily.

B.Thewomanmademostofdecisions.

C.Thewomanstayedathometocareforthechildren.

D.Themanpaidthebills.

7.Inrecentyears__.

A.youngcouplesrejectthetraditionalrelationship

B.thewomanhasajobandearnsthemoneyforthefamily

C.thewomandoesn,tstayathomeandcareforthechildrenandthehouse

D.theroleofmenandwomenhasbeguntochange

8.MenandwomenmaynowchooseallthefollowingEXCEPTto___.

A.marryorstaysingle

B.workortostayathome

C.havetherolesthatarecomfortableforthem

D.leavetheirjobsjustbecausetheychildren

9.ThefollowingareallnowtrueEXCEPT.

A.theymaychoosetohavechildrenornot

B.themanmaytakecareofthechildrensomeofthetime.

C.thewomanmaywanttogotowork

D.thewomanisthemostimportantpersoninthehouse

10.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Themanwasthebossinthetraditionalmarriage.

B.Thewomansjobathomewasveryimportantinthepast.

C.ManyAmericansstillhaveatraditionalmarriage.

1）.Everyonetriedtriesgotmarried.

Passage3

Didyouknowthattheemptyplasticsoftdrinkbottlesyouthrowawayeverydaycanbe

turnedintocarpetorautomobilesparts?

Thatusedglassbottlesandaluminumcanscanbeturnedintonewones?

AndthatyesterdayJsnewspapercanbeturnedintotomorrow's?

Itallhappensbecauseofrecycling（再利用）.Thesimplewastewethrowawayisa“natural

resource”that,withrecycling,canbeusedtoproduceavarietyofnewproducts.

Unfortunately,Americarecyclesonly10%ofitsrubbish,burns10%anddeposits80%in

wastedisposalgrounds.Asaresult,ithastocopewithaserioussolidwasteproblem.

Everyyear,Americansthrowawayabout160milliontonsofrubbish.Ofthattotal,

plasticsmakeuplessthan8%,paperabout36%,andglassandmetalabout20%,al1by

weight.Plasticsarenaturallylighter,butstill,whenpressedtogether,accoutforonly

about20%byvolume.

Asaresult,inthepast10yearstheUnitedStates*wastedisposalgroundshavedecreased

fromabout18,500to6,000.Infiveyears2,000morewillclose.

Intheprocessoffindingsolutions,somepeoplehaveproposedtostopusingplastics.

Unfortunately,stopusingplasticswoulddomuchharmandnogood.Wewouldloseallof

thesafety,healthandconveniencefeaturesofplastics.

Besides,packagingwouldstillbeneeded.A1987studyshowswhatwou1dhappenifplastics

werenotused—theenergyneededtoproduceotherpackaging,itscost,andthevolumeofwaste

collectedwouldallrisegreatly.

SomeAmericansbelievepartoftheanswertoAmerica"swasteproblem1iesinrecycling

everythingfromglasstometalstopapertoplastic.

Today,recyclingisontherise.Therearenowmorethan1,000wasterecyclingprograms

intheU.S.Manyarebeginningtorecycleplastics.

Rightnow,almost200companiesarerecyclingmillionsofusedplasticcontainersinto

toys,trafficsigns,wastebaskets,floormaterials,andparkbenches.

Plasticsareamongtheeasiestmaterialstorecycle.Morethan150millionpoundsor20%

ofallplasticsoftdrinkbottleswererecycledin1987.

11.Whatcan,ttheplasticsoftdrinkbottlesbeturnedinto?

A.Newspapers.B.Automobileparts.

C.Toys.D.Trafficsigns.

12.OfalltherubbishintheU.S.,plasticsaccountfor____byweightand____byvolume.

A.20%;20%B.8%;20%

C.36%;8%D.20%;36%

13.Onaverage,wasteplasticsare____otherwastes.

A.asheavyindensityasB.heavierindensitythan

C.lighterindensitythanD.thesamebyweightas

14.In5years,theU.S.willhaveonly____wastedisposalgrounds.

A.2,000B.6,000

C.4,000D.18,500

15.Theauthorofthispassage_theproposalofstoppingusingplastices.

A.saysnothingaboutB.issympatheticwith

C.agreestoD.disagreesto

Passage4

Therearetwokindsofmemory:short-termandlong-term.Informationinlong-termmemory

canberememberedatalatertimewhenitisneeded.Theinformationmaybekeptfordays

orweeks.However,informationinshort-termmemoryiskeptforonlyafewseconds,usually

byrepeatingtheinformationoverandover.Thefollowingexperimentshowshowshort-term

memoryhasbeenstudied.

HenningstudiedhowstudentswhoarelearningEnglishasasecondlanguageremember

vocabulary.Thesubjectsinhisexperimentwere75collegestudents.Theyrepresentedall

levelsofabilityinEnglishbeginning,intermediate,advanced,andnative-speaking

students.

Tobegin,thesubjectslistenedtoarecordingofanativespeakerreadingaparagraph

inEnglish.Followingtherecording,thesubjectstooka15-questiontesttoseewhichwords

theyremembered.Eachquestionhadfourchoices.Thesubjectshadtocirclethewordthey

hadheardintherecording.Someofthethequestionshadfourchoicesthatsoundalike.For

example,weather,whether,wither,andwetterarefourwordsthatsoundalike.Someofthe

questionshadfourchoicesthathavethesamemeaning.Method,way,manner,andsystemwould

befourwordswiththesamemeaning.Finallythesubjectstookalanguageproficiencytest.

HenningfoundthatstudentswithalowerproficiencyinEnglishmademoreoftheir

mistakesonwordsthatsoundalike;studentswithahigherproficiencymademoreoftheir

mistakesonwordsthathavethesamemeaning.Henning,sresultssuggestthatbeginning

studentsholdthesoundofwordsinthetheirshort-termmemory,andadvancedstudentshold

themeaningofwoedsintheirshort-termmemory.

16.Henningmadetheexperimentinordertostudy

A.howstudentsrememberEnglishvocabularybyshort-termmemory

B.howstudentslearnEnglishvocabulary

C.howtodevelopstudents'abilityinEnglish

D.howlonginformationinshort-termmemoryiskept

17.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Informationinshort-termmemoryisdifferentfromthatinlong-termmemory.

B.Long-termmemorycanbeachievedonlybytraining.

C.Itiseasiertotestshort-termmemorythanlong-termmemory.

I).Henninggaveaseparatetestonvocabularytohisstudents.

18.FormHenning'sresultsweseethat___.

A.beginnershavediffcultyindistinguishingthepronunciationofwords

B.advancedstudentsrememberwordsbytheirmeaning

C.itisdifficulttorememberwordsthatsoundalike

D.itisdifficulttorememberwordsthathavethesamemeaning

19.Theword“subject“inthepassagemeans___.

A.thecollegecoursethestudengstakeB.thethemeofthelisteningmaterial

C.abranchofknowledgestudiedD.thestudentexperimentedon

20.Thepassagecenterson____.

A.memoryB.twokindsofmemory

C.short-termmemoryD.anexperimentonstudents

PartII.Vocabulary,StructureandGrammar(30%)

21.Theviewfromtheothersideofthemountainwasevenmore____.

A.productiveB.impressiveC.positiveD.decisive

22.They____thetrainandwaslatethismorning,whichannoyedthemverymuch.

A.lossB.lostC.missedD.failed

23.Aduck'scankeepoutwaterbecausetheyhaveoilysubstanceonthem.

A.furtherB.fartherC.feathersD.failed

24.Carrytheboxofexplosivecarefullyorwe'11____updeadourselves.

A.putB.endC.setD.rise

25.TheBrownswereagreatdealmoreoftheirgueststhanTheSmiths.

A.thoughtfulB.considerableC.practical1).imaginary

26.Murderis__bydeathinmanycountries.

A.punishingB.punishedC.punishableD.punish

27.Howcanhesavewhenhespendshisincome?

A.beyondB.onC.forD.under

28.Ifyouliveinthecity,yourfriendsarealwaysforachatoranevening's

entertainment.

A.availableB.submittedC.permissibleD.uncountable

29.Thewitnesswasbadlywoundedhimself,sohecouldn,tappearincourt_.

A.infactB.innatureC.inparticularD.inperson

30.Americans___haveeggs,somemeat,toastfruitandcoffeeatbreakfast.

A.normallyB.comtinuouslyC.consequentlyD.traditional

31.Sheoftenfell___infrontofthetelevision.

A.asleepB.sleepingC.intosleepD.toasleep

32.Chemicalfertilizerplaysanimportangindevelopingagriculture.

A.actB.parkC.turnD.role

33.Ifirst____telephoningherbutthendecidedtogoandseeher.

A.enjoyedB.avoidedC.triedD.considered

34.Thelaw___allparentstosendtheirchildrentoschooluntiltheageofsixteen.

A.requiresB.acquiresC.enquiresD.inquires

35.AuntBettydidn,t_inatthehoteluntiltenintheevening.

A.enterB.arriveC.checkD.register

36.Whitesurfacesreflectheatandlight___blackonesabsorbthem.

A.whereasB.althoughC.evenifD.until

37.Sheisputtingonweight.Shehastothebelttothelargersize.

A.regularB.adjustC.arrange